Seagull

After a brief tidying up, the two went out.They kept going up the steps, and the higher they went, the stronger the wind.Chang Ze wrapped his coat tightly, put the hood of the sweater inside on his head, and put on a cotton mask, fully armed.They reached the highest point, passed the nondescript house where the old girl was playing the little girl, and saw a fork in the road.Looking around, apart from this house and that road, there are endless weeds and continuous fields.

"Where is this going?" Chen Nan took out a thermos from his backpack and took a sip of hot water.

"...The eldest sister didn't say anything, she said I'll know when I go up..." Chang Ze gradually fell silent, he looked into the window of that house, and just about to knock on the door, the door suddenly opened from the inside.

"What are you two lads doing? I've been paying attention for a long time. You look like a thief." I saw a man with a stooped figure, but his voice was loud and energetic, and he was holding a cane as if he was going to hit him.

Chang Ze hurriedly held down the old man's crutch, "Hey, old man, how can there be such a talented thief like us. We want to go to Shanping Village, but we don't know how to get there. Just knock on the door and ask for directions, didn’t you just open the door when I was about to knock?”

The old man looked suspicious and stared at him for a long time, as if he was examining something.

"Master, we are really not bad people. We came to Shanping Village to find relatives." Chen Nan stepped forward with a sincere face.

The old man glanced at Chen Nan, as if he believed it, "This is Shanping Village, who are you looking for, I have lived here for more than 70 years, I am not exaggerating, as long as the people in this village are as old as my grandfather, I don't know anyone as young as my great-grandson." The old man looked proud.

"Oh? So powerful? Then do you know Chen Jia? Erdong Chen, add and subtract, add and add to the bottom of the word."

"...Are you bullying the old man for being uneducated? The old man grows up and can only write numbers, unlike you young people, who can learn everything and know everything. My great-grandson is only 5 years old, and his mother let him go Learning English, what a foreign thing, I can’t speak Chinese well, so I’m still learning English. Do I want to say abc or ABC...” The old man was so angry that he took his crutch and beat the ground several times.

Seeing that the topic was about to turn to Mars, Chen Nan hurried forward and took out a photo, "Master, have you seen this girl? She disappeared 19 years ago, and her appearance should not have changed much. She should be 39 years old this year. "

The old man took the photo and looked at it carefully for a while, hesitated for a while, and then said firmly: "I don't know, there is no such girl in our village." After speaking, he put down the photo.

"Why don't you reminisce? We have been looking for her for almost 20 years, please help me think about it, or tell me where the other residents in this village are, and we will go and ask." Chang Ze knew this. It's a bit difficult for others, but he really can't bear it, can't stand the failures and blows again and again, and there is still hope right now, and he will catch whatever he says.

The old man sighed, "You are also poor people, but there are really few outsiders in this village. The whole village is named Zhang, and the few people whose surname is not Zhang have already spread in our village, not to mention you, a beautiful Girl, when you come to our village, it doesn’t look like a wild flower pig, people come to watch every day.”

Chang Ze: "Then do you know about the trafficking case that happened in the town?"

"I don't know, I just take care of the affairs of the village. I can't help you, I'll take you to ask other people." Then he got up and walked out, eager to help.

Bad start.Chang Ze and the two had no choice but to put away the photos and follow them out.Together, they got off the downward path on the right and walked through a section of fields, but still saw no trace of human habitation.

The old man walked along the slender dirt road without looking back, and muttered as if sighing: "Your girl has been lost for 20 years, and you don't know whether she is alive or dead, why are you still looking for her... "

Time seemed to have passed for a long time, and finally, they walked through the narrow and "endless" road, and the houses where they were located were obviously more and denser.Chang Ze feels that he is like the fisherman in "Peach Blossom Spring", walking through a cave, the entrance of the cave keeps getting bigger and the light keeps getting stronger, and then he comes to a "Peach Blossom Spring".It is not accurate to say that it is "Peach Blossom Spring". After all, this Shanping Village is not closed, nor is it purely self-sufficient, but it feels very similar to people. Cen, like Chen Jia, couldn't explain clearly.At a glance, Chang Ze saw that the nearby houses were all of the same style as the old man's—with bright yellow metal doors and dusty concrete walls.20 meters away from them, there is a large well made of stones, where many women are drawing water. They made the ground wet, but it doesn't look messy. On the contrary, there is a kind of "ah! This is A characteristic idyllic scenery in the countryside".On the top of the well, the rectangular farmlands are all over the land in an upward trend.Further upwards, there are several houses of different heights standing sparsely. Beside each house, there will always be a small or large field on which various vegetables and fruits can be grown, but now only withered yellow ones are left. Leaves and broken branches, and in the distance are green hills.Along the well, there is a cross road extending to the high house, and it leads to the outside.At a glance, there are not many residents in Shanping Village.

Even though this is just a simple picture of rural scenery, Chang Ze always feels uncomfortable.This place is not at all the same as the place they stayed in last night, not because of the difference in the form of the old and new houses, the width of the roads, etc., but a kind of temperament.Just a few roads away, below is a little girl who is starting to get out of ignorance and keep up with the times, and Shanping Village is like an old girl who wants to catch up with the times but has more energy than energy. , and who can know that they are still feudal and backward thinking?

The old man turned around suddenly and walked towards a wall. "I'm old, and I can't walk after such a short distance. Let's go to my nephew's house for a meeting, and drink some hot water to avoid the wind." He walked up the steps and opened the door. The narrow door that allows one person to pass through, went straight in.

Chang Ze frowned, the business hadn't started yet, how could he rest, he took a few steps and stretched out his hand to stop the old man, but the old man had already entered the door with strong steps.Chang Ze had no choice but to stop and look at the concrete wall. The pure white wall had already turned white-gray, and the place close to the ground was even worse. There were still several places where weeds took advantage of the gap and sprouted and grew.The wall is nearly three meters high, and you can only see the upper two floors and the roof of the house inside. Chang Ze's first impression is that it is very abrupt and does not fit well.He walked to the door, saw the whole thing inside, and felt stunned.

Chang Ze paused because the building in front of him caught his eye.This is a stone house. The whole house is made of stones of similar color. They are spliced ​​piece by piece to form a house. This doesn't make people feel earthy, but it feels like a kind of art.The roof is a sloping triangle covered with layers of wine-red tiles.Each floor has a long corridor blocked by bluestone carvings.Outside the gate is a rectangular laundry trough made of blue and black stones, and beside it stands a large brown water tank that has been polished and polished.Further outside, surrounded by a wall, is a small garden surrounded by various plants, yellow and white camellias surrounded by bright red tulips, and there are larger iron trees not far away, even some withered Plants, too, don't look decadent here.On the top of the closest wall, there are some wooden frames with shrunken vines on them. Below them, there is a small cement water storage well, and on the other side symmetrical to him, there is a small stone house of the same style. In front, on the outside of the wall, there is a big tree, but it has become bare because of the winter, and it looks extraordinarily thin.In front of the entire wall, there is still a large open space on which cars are parked.The cabins are not exquisite, but they all reveal warmth and the owner's intentions.Among the crowd of "pretentious old girls", it looks fresh and refined.On one side a cobblestone path led to a fence with a side door, and ended in a small garage next to a stone house, not obtrusive though not made of stone.

The only thing that stands out is this circle of walls, a sudden rush of white in a harmonious color, and strange things appearing in a group of stones. I don't know what kind of consideration the owner of the house made for it.

In the middle of the open space in the courtyard, a milky white puppy was running happily around the open space. When it saw the old man, it ran towards him happily and tried to grab the old man with its front feet.

Chang Ze was about to walk up with a smile when he heard a clear voice: "Wang Zai, come back!"

Chang Ze seemed to have been tapped on a certain acupuncture point, no, it seemed as if he had been struck by lightning, and he couldn't move forward.He stayed for a while, looking calmly at the source of the sound. Sure enough, the one was dressed in black, had pale skin, eyes that looked like crescent moons when he smiled, thick curly eyelashes and a tall and thin figure that only belonged to young people. The person who was laughing and teasing the dog was the cold, talkative, irresponsible ex-boyfriend who thought he was old and broke up with him.

Chen Nan gave him a push, "What are you doing here? They have dogs, so I don't need you to guard the door. Hurry up."

Chang Ze woke up suddenly, he was still staring at the man who was carrying the dog back, and he was furious.He stepped forward, "Old man, this is..." Then he pretended to see Zhang Lan, "Isn't this Zhang Lan, so your home is here, long time no see."

Zhang Lan just glanced at him, ignored him at all, and continued to tease the dog.

When the old man heard it, he was a little surprised: "So you know each other, you are Alan's friend?"

Chang Ze sneered, "Not only that, old man, I'm his ex..."

"A former friend." Zhang Lan quickly interrupted Chang Ze, glanced at Chang Ze like a warning, and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Before Chang Ze could speak, the old man spoke first, "They are here to find someone." Then, he took the initiative to invite Chang Ze and Chen Nan into the room, and he sat on the sofa, "Alan, give us some water to drink , It’s been so cold this way.”

After Zhang Lan heard this, she obediently walked towards the back room, and replied as she walked, "Okay."

Chang Ze was shocked as if he saw the iron tree blooming. He asked Chen Nan to sit first, and said to the old man, "I'll help him." Then he followed Zhang Lan in.

As soon as I entered, I saw Zhang Lan holding a cup sideways to himself. Probably few people came. The cup was placed on the top shelf of the cabinet. Zhang Lan was stretching his arms and raising his head to reach up. Chang Ze stared at him With a straight face and slender eyelashes for a long time, with a quick step, he took down the cup first.He handed the cup to Zhang Lan, leaned against the wall next to him, and joked: "Baby, we have been dating for 2 months, you either make me get out loudly or ignore me, let me get out silently, never Seeing that you are like just now, you do what you say. You are all human, why do you still treat them differently?"

Zhang Lan took the cup, went to the sink, opened it, turned on the faucet, lowered her head to wash the cup, and said indifferently: "He is my relative, who are you to me?"

After Zhang Lan finished washing, he turned around and put the cup on the table. His fingers were flushed from the ice water and numb from the cold. He subconsciously clenched his fists, trying to warm them with the temperature of his palms, but in the next second, It was wrapped by a pair of big hands.The man first covered Zhang Lan's two hands with his warm palms, then took them up and moved them up, leaned over his head, breathed on his hands, and finally put Zhang Lan's two hands on Between his hands, he gently rubbed: "I am your sweetheart."

Suddenly Zhang Lan's ears turned red, as if he had come to his senses, he broke free from Chang Ze's hands with all his strength, picked up a thermos bottle and poured water into the cup, Zhang Lan picked up the two cups of water and faced him, steaming inside, Chang Ze separated Shui Qi couldn't see the truth, only heard him say: "We broke up." After saying that, he turned around and left without any hesitation, just like the day we broke up, Chang Ze stared at his back for a long time, but Zhang Lan never missed it , never look back.

Chang Ze also looked at his back for a long time this time, sometimes he didn't understand, there are so many obedient and sympathetic people who are obviously better-looking than Zhang Lan, why can't he let it go?He looked back, looked down and found a cup of steaming water on the table, looked at it for a while, smiled resignedly, and thought: Who cares what.Chang Ze doesn't believe that Zhang Lan doesn't like him at all, as long as there is a little bit, he will fight for it; just like looking for Sister Jiajia, as long as there is a little hope, then he will look for it.